“Crime figures a bat for all the debaters”

“Brå’s statistics for the year 2018 is a bat for all that do not have a better job than to be seen and heard.”

“the Government can beat their chest, the opposition will find these poison arrows and ledarskribenterna select and vrakar.”

“the Author Mark Twain is alleged sometimes to have coined the phrase: ”There are three kinds of lie: lies, damn lies, and statistics”.”

“Twain claimed in his autobiography that, in fact, was the british prime minister Benjamin Disraeli who, with this catchy formulation wanted to show how uncertain and manipulerbar statistics can be.”

“But no evidence that it is on the way, has no historian found and frasens origin is shrouded in mystery.”

“I came to think of the quote when Brå today published the final crime statistics for the year 2018, which in addition contain important information also is a gold mine for everything from systemkollapsivrare and alarmister to those who claim that Sweden, the closest is regarded as a paradise on earth.”

“People who do not belong to any of these populations are possibly interested to be informed that there are statistics of reported crimes that are reported. It is not the same thing as crimes.”

“In some of the categories is the number of unknown cases more or less large. In other cases, it is possible to imagine that the crime has not occurred: the camera is not stolen without notification to the försäkringspengarnas sake. To mention some of the sources of error and pitfalls that exist.”

“the Figures contain both good news and bad news. A closer look at the statistics at hand to crime both increases and decreases.”

“Dystrast development has fraud. The number of recorded crimes increased by 51 600, 25% more than the year before.”

“On the other hand, the bostadsinbrotten with 24 per cent and fickstölderna by 17 per cent.”

“It can’t have escaped anyone that sexualbrotten the last few years has taken an increasingly larger place in the debate. Ledarsidor’re talking about an epidemic of rapes, the police have reinforced its presence in festivals and politicians from the left to the right makes the comments harder punishment.”

“the Crime figures give no clear picture of the development. On the one hand, the number of recorded rapes increased by eight per cent. On the other hand, the reported cases of sexual harassment decreased.”

“Even the deadly violence that has received considerable attention in the newspapers, radio and tv. The optimist can say that 108 cases of lethal force are a decrease of five cases. The pessimist has an opportunity to counter-attack with the murders and the notice is on a higher level the last four years than in previous years.”

“A terrible figure in this context is the deadly violence in relationships. 24 per cent of the murders and the notice belong to this category. Last year the corresponding figure was 10 per cent.”

the “33 women and girls were murdered in the last year. Of them, 22 were in a relationship.”

“does this Mean that the deadly acts of violence against women develops alarming? It is difficult to draw conclusions. The number of victims is, after all, quite few, and the variation from one year to another can be big.”

“A problem in this context is that it is not possible to see the development over a longer period of time, then the data on the dödsoffrets sex only exists since 2011.”

“Even gängmorden to have taken place in the newspapers, radio and tv. But so also increases the number of murders with firearms from 40 to 43.”

“the Figures doesn’t surprise. The police have testified of the big problems with breaking våldsutvecklingen among the gangs in some of the metropolitan suburbs.”

“It’s going to continue on this way. But I think you’ve got the picture clear for you. Some of the things going in the right direction. Other in the wrong. What now than people with different agendas claim.”